Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 27, 1912, Page 1

CHANGE MAY BE MADE IN SERVICE Rumor Says Great Northern Will Ex- tend “Merry Widow” Here From the Rapids. TWO - DAY DULUTH TRAINS General Passenger Agent States Will Recommend Additional Run For This Branch SAUK CENTER SERViCE SUNDAY Proposed Plans Would Give Bemidji Better Coneotions in Head of The Lakes Train service ehanges of tance are scheduie: cording 10 rumors w heard here during thw weeks. will be made chiefly by the Northern road. past Great found who will vouch for the state-| men in the em-! ploy of the Great Norihern that llIE road intends to extend the Grand| Rapids-Virginia train, “Merry Widow” to Bemidji and stop the Sauk Center-Bemidri train at Cass Lake. The “Merry Widow" ments it is said by as the present night train, passen- gers from the south changing at Cass Lake. is fo leave here about €:30, connect- | ing for Sauk Center at Cass Lake. Another ern is the taking off of the night train from Duluth to Grand Forks.; This train is-said to have been put on to catch the Duluth-Winnipeg offers a direct sleeper without change while the Great Northern tates a change at Crookston. the Duluth-Hibbing train, known as the “Wooden Shoe” will be extended | from Swan River to Grand Rapids. giving passengers fromi Duluth a chance to change to the “Merry Widow™ at Grand Rapids for Bemidji. In the morning, the “Merry Widow" would connect for Duluth at Grand Raplds. This service would give Bemidji a train early in the morning and one at noon for Duluth and one a day go- ing west. It would also give Grand Rapids two trains a day to Hibbing as the “Wooden Shoe” would go to . Hibbing via Grand Rapids instead of Swan River. On top of these rumored changes come the announcement made follow- ing the recent meeting of the Minne- sota Editorial association in Minnea- polis that the Great Northern would put on a Sunday train from Sauk Cen- ter to Bemidji. This change is said to have been recommended by Mr. Noble, general passenger agent at St. Paul, after a conference with Chas. Scheers, of the Akeley Herald-Tri- bune; Willlam Verity, of the Wadena Journal; and A. L. Long Prairie Argus, members of the editorial railroad committee. Local traveling men are not agreed as to how much these changes will benefit local conditions. While they agree that two day trains to Duluth would be an improvement, they say that the slow running time is a great inconvenience. They also point out that men making the territory west of here will be greatly nandlcanped‘ with a one train a day service. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 27.—A three days’ celebration was begun today of the 175th anniversary of the grant- ing of University of Pittsburgh’s first charter. Educators representing many large institutions of America and Europe are attending the cele- bration. One of the features of to- morrow’s program will be the con- ferring of the honorary degree of LL. D. upon Dr. Romulo S. Naon, the Argentine minister at Washington. Will Russell has been bailiff during the present term of court. Rauschenbusch: “St. Francis Xavier, the noble Jesuit missionary said that in the confessional men had confessed to him all sins that he knew and some that he had never im- Agined, but none had ever of his own - sccord. confessed that he was cove- tous.” = Willl express companies and operate them then get in here at tae same time| In the morning the “Widow" | change which is sald 10| in celebration of be contemplated by the Great North-| tho anpiversary of the surrcnder of necessi- | | Theodore Roosevelt in a speech in N iq | the slate house here 1t this ch is made, it is said,| e - this change 18 mafe, 3t 1a Sdld. ) od hisnplan edvocating the recall Sheets, of the! | | i | | | Minneapolis, Minn., Feb, 27.—Vas- | | quita rebels have | without resistance, one’federal was { wounded. { the border ready to cross if El Paso |1s endangered. Chinese warships pre- {pare to bombard Batavia, Java, to * Some Nine Years Ago collect indemnity for a Chinese killed ; { recently. . L * - St. Paul, Feb. 27.—William J.|UNION. QUESTION . UP. AGAIN {eapolis Symphony orchestra left for fan eastern trip yesterday morning. | {Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania. | + | vet. ! @ PRREOPPOOOO O P @ QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, ¢ PRPPPPPRPOOOOO®S® (Special by telegraph.) | captured Juarez| American troops patrol Present Agreenién m";,f" tors and Laborers Reached Bryan Is to speak here March 8. He is said to be coming to address a mass meeting of Progressive Democrats, : E W 10 § * . Miners Want United Mine Workers Of America Recognized by the Owners Minneapolis, Feb. 27.—The Minn- The trip includes Illinois, Indiana,! West St. Paul, Feb. 27.—The S&IG,NEW YORK CORFERENGE TODAY 1in the postoffice here was blown up at ' 4:30 yesterday morning and the en- tive contents taken by yegemen. The| Adverse Action May Result in Strike police have not found any clues as 0f 180,000 Men on or About ! . : April 1, 1912, St. Paul, Feb. 27.—Governor Eb-| impor- | Bemidji ac- ch have been|Taft delegates to the national Re- two | Publican convention. It is said that the change | { known as the 1 | | | appointed i mantled and the ground cut up for|working day, with no wage While no one in authority can be | Sale ascity lots. 5 1 + | Boston, trade but that this business is now; going by way of Fort Frances which | |tucky, began in this city today and |W88e increase averaging twenty.Der|y, town today and reported: that his { hundred erhart has practically announced that the state administration and or- ganization as such would remain neu- | ral in the conflict for Roosevelt and ' Demands, of the Miners Recognition of the United “Mine Workers of America. ‘That the new agreement shall be - jfor a period of one year instead of Minneapolis, Feb. 27.—The Won= three - derland Aumsement park is to be dis-; That eight hours shail constih\te a red\lc- SPRING TERM OF COURT IS OPENED iy { Judge B. F. Wright Hearing the Cases While Judge Stanton is In Chambers. GRAND JURY IS CONVENED Important Matters for Consideration May Take Its Attention For Some Time COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET Still Working Over Ditch Bond Prop- osition—Locke Here From Chicago. s Court opened for ths spring term at the court house this morning, Judge B. F. Wright; of Park Rapids, presiding. Judge Stanton is in cham- bers and expects to be so occupied for several weeks. The grand jury also convened this morning and cmnplet- ted its organization, electing C. There are twenty | tion. acres in the property. It is believed| That coal shall be mined ‘ana paid ! the salvage on the buildings will|for at the rate of 2,240 pounds to the | reach 1pm‘n\1mntelv $20,000. ton. 1~ A better method of settlmg griev- 27.—Senator | ances - than. the conciliation ; board Hurty Masteri Has Accepted Similar procedure. o B A minimum wage rate of $3.50 a Position with Grand -Forks day for miners on consideration work and $2.50 a day for laborers. BAND T0 LOSE I.EAI)ER Washington, Feb. Gardner, of Maine, has introduced a bill under which the government would take over the properties of the as a part of the postal system extend- > % . 2! ,—th thi h 7 ; ing the service to rural delivery. Now York; Feb: 27 Sutige B EE 29 Ilsfl 000 mine workers employed in GONCEBT TOMORROW EVENING Ottawa, Ont., Feb, 27 The Can- the hard coal region will lay. down g their picks and walk out on strike on | - {adian Defence League eld a well at- the last day of mext month and by |tended meeting in the capital today |y i action inaugurating one of the| Harry Masten, leader of the Be- Prardebers DAy, | g oqpeqt industrial struggles the Un- | midji band, has accepted a similar the Boer forces under General Cronje ' the results 7 at Paardeberg, February 27, 1900, in a great measure upon the resu Grand Forks military-#and and will of. the conference between the min-|take charge of his new duties April i ers and operators begun today at the |1, -Mr. Masten returned from Grand Feb. 27.—“Our system af |offices of the New Jersey Cefitral |Forks this noon. ~The- appointment government is a confessed failure un- | rajlroad in this city. George F.[was made last evening following the less the people can be trusted to|paer, president of the Philadelphia |resignation of the prescnt leader. govern themselves,” said Colonel {a5q Reading Coal company, appeared | Mr. Masten has been director of at the conference as the chief repre-|the Bemidji band for the past three sentative of the operators. The com-|years taking a practically unorganizs mittee to present the demands of the|ed group of men and making’ thes He also out- . i president of the United Mine Work-|the state. He is also the leader of Washington, Feb. 27.—It is be-|ers, and several of the other national [ Masten’s orchestra, which is well lieved that the entry of "Theodore officers and district presidents; known throughout. this section for TRoosevelt into the race for the Re-| There has been peacé in tlie an-|its dance and conceit work. publican nomination for the presi-|thracite coal fields for nine years. The Bemidji band will give a con- dency will precipitate’ a ~platform|The present agreement, which ;has|cert -tomorrow ‘evening in - the ' ity fight and that the party will be split|been in force since the Strike Com-|[hall which may be the last one in on policies -as well as candidates.|mission, -appointed by President |which: Mr. Masten will appear as di- Roosevelt is.in favor of the referen- | Roosevelt in 1902, made:its report,{rector. It will be ~followed by 'a dum, recall and initiative while Taft!will expire at midnight on March 31|dance. J. H. Nason, of Minneapolis, has said that he will not run on such | next. The miners have formulated|has been engaged as soloist; - The pro- a platform. demands and declare they will strike | gram is as follows: i * unless the demands are granted. As March, “Knights Templar.” ! St. Paul, Feb, 27.—Chief Scout Sir |the operators say with equal positive-| Selection, “The Girl of My Dreams” Robert Baden-Powell is in St. Paul |ness they will grant the miners no| March, “Ray Time Violin.” today meeting with Boy Scout pa-|concessions, the outlook certainly| Baritone Solo, “To the Angels.” trols. He arrived yesterday from St. | points to a general strike on April 1. J. H. Nason. Louis. He will leave St. Paul for( There are unique temptations to| Overture, “The Hugenots.” Omaha and eventually go to Austral-|trouble at the present time. In the|{ March, “The Red Rose Rag.” ia by way of San Francisco. Sir|first place, an unusual situation pre-| Solo, “All Thro’ The Night.” Robert is a lieutenant-general in the | vails in that the wagd agreement in| Overture, “Ted Snyder's Medley.” British army and is the father of the | both the soft and hard coal fields ex-] March, “Universal Peace.” international boy scout movement. |pire at the same time—-then, too, it D e He is accompanied by two English|is a presidential year. This gives scouts as aids. the mine workers’ organization a % strong weapon, because by simultan- Frs 't K Py _| eous action in several mining regions ] Tedin of the State Farmars:| (2 leaders could ereate s condltion Tnstitute, an influential feature’ of | 3PProaching a fuel famine, | “3tiks Honry, o tarmer living avout| the rural uplift movement in Ken-| The anthracite miners demand 8 )¢on miles southwest of here returned HOUSE IS BURNED. Cass County Farmer Returns from! ‘Woods to Find Bome Destroyed will continue until Friday. Several |¢ent., an eight-hour day, recognition |4 o6 on nis farm had been burned progressive agriculturists|°f the union and incidentally collec- |y, the ground by.some.person. Mr. tfom all parts of the State are in at.|tion by ‘the coal "companies™of{the | pienry” hiag “been working in-' the tendance. The programme provides|Union dues from the mine Workers, | o005 near here and had been away for numerous addressés and. demon-|abolition of ‘the conciliation board, f g, “~home, for: ‘a -Week ‘before ithe strations in the different lines of|Payment for mined coal by welght in- fire ‘'occutred and there is no question farm work. g ‘agreement: and minor concessions. | | The operators have not given any official notice of their intentions, but it is well know that they have no in- - Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 27.—Many de- legates are arriving to attend the Re- publican State convention, which meets at the Yarborough House in this city tomorrow to name the del- | egates at large to attend the Repub- lican national convention at Chicago. The “regular’ organization is solidly for Taft, but among the rank and file of the party there are many Roose- [ velt supporters and as a consequence a contest is promised on the presi- dential instructions. reported- thlt one ‘of the neighb claims to know who set it but is afraid to tell, on account of the ven= geance that might be meted out to tention of granting these demands.|y pe expects to inform the prop- While the mine workers argue that|e. ayinorities and have an investiga- the increased cost of living has made | ;;on mage. necessary a wage increase, the opera- tors hold that the “sliding scale” lgirike s one of the most interesting created by thé Strike Commission in phases of the situation. The exper- 1902 has given the miners advantage |jo;00 gleven years ago shows that of every advance in the price of coal, | to copnection between the two is| and that no flat advance in wages is not an imaginary one. It has been |possible under present conditions. | oy egtablished by testimony 1 ope 5 The operators admit that there has{ ;. ¢ that the da ! ! been an increase in the cost of living, Kinley-Roosevelt ti i Coal Road Cases Up for Trial. but point out that the mine workers| o the operators’ hua% in lha( L Columbus, O., Feb. 27.—The GOv-{are making much better wages NOW | myore was a strike on then, and the| ernment’s suit against the Lake Shorg{ becanse work is more,stendy They ming Wi were thdl!lg their own and Michigan' Ssathern rafiway o that pince’ the presant . 4 bat strik Sprought: |pany and a number of other railroad |ment was first made nine years -go by a §“m of ten per cent increase in and coal companies was called for|there has been mo :change.in mining Hiat trial In the federal court here today. | conditions; that the -demands, With ghe The defendant companics are charged | the exception of the one for an in- thg country. Alarmed lest Bryan and Organization i i | 4 ited States has ever known, depends|position in Grand Forks with the| of judicial decisions instead of judges. {miners consisted of John D. White, |one of the finest-in this:section ‘of | stead of by the carload, a one-year|,e i4q incendiary origin. It is even| fi‘now and and which. sdushave ai: wum%; uggd;ag:i‘nw shall en. \{ direct7 gn SE. Vative husi§ess s interests of | vention.” i Use Easter Vacation for a ‘Seven Game Tour WANT SOME RETURN DATES : i i Pleased with their success this sea- shape, the high school basketball cation week which will take them to-seven towns Aa-eix diys. they lost two of the four games play- season has been successful on ac-y games. =~ The vac!tlou last week in March and while noth- ing definite has as yet been arranged, /| a tentative schedule hag been adopted which will allow the team to play re- turn, games: with Brainerd, Akeley, Walker and Fosston. Professor Rob- inson and Mayne Stanton may accofil- pany the'team. inj Monday—Deer River. ‘Tuesday-—Cass Lake. ‘Wednesday—Akeley, (afternoon; ) ‘Wednesday—Walker, (evening). Thursday—Little Falls. Friday—Brainerd. Saturday—Fosston or Bagley. | . Manager Ryan states that no games have been scheduled for the] ch zul weeks but that the team will continue - New York, Feb. 26.—Theodore Roosevelt réplied to the letter of the seven governors asking him if he: tion for the presidency, if offered, as follows: “I will accept the nomina: tion- for president if it is tendered th me and I will adhere to this decis- ion until the convention l}u expren- ed its preference.” o “One of the chief principles (or 1 which I have stood and for which} 1| de: o) !uine rule of the people, and therefop 1 hope that so far as possible the peos ple may, $"given a chance throu sh ries to express their pres ference a8 to who shall be the nomis nbt*gog g{&epumican national con Active work in the organization & with maintaining a combination and|crease in wages, are the same as conspiracy in restraint of commerce|those which the Strike Commission in the mining, transportation and|considered and settled, and that it is sale.of bituminous coal from western | useless to go over them again. Pennsylvania, West Virginia and| The connection between the presi- free allver should succeed, represent- ed to the mine owners that a con- tinuance of the strike would en- denull campnlsn and the threatened s 2 Roosevelt campaign was startad yesterday in Boston. It is said th: for the present, Roosevelt is not t: PLANNING A LONG TRIP|LEADS. IN- PIONEER- VOTE High' School Basketball Boys May | Roosevelt Increases Margin Over La LEE NOW HEADS EBERHART team is planning a trip the easter va-|en by the Pioneer. definitely announced that he will-ge- --Although | cept. the nomination if offered, the votes for him are coming in faster, ed at home, the boys feel that the|S2turday is the last day to vote. relative change in the positions of count of the close scores.of; the lost[the names. | close second and is second choice on said to come the|Rearly every Roosevelt ballot. Taft still lags behind votes hatve been cast for no seeond choice appaxently indicat- last and all the time. . recently, cialists should not participate in the straw vote. The itinerary so far is as follow'& i but one man { Morgan, that he has been, nominated and that' the party wil stay him. As for president, the caucus has not yet been taken time today: Roosevelt .. .. home floor as yet for the next two|y. Follette Wwould accept the Republican nominga- Q"“’w‘l Instruch City Glerk to Pur- forced: this-spring and-instructed the Conway, of Blackduck foreman. . The morning and afternoon ses- 'slons of the court were principally occupied in calling the calendar and setting ‘the cases for hearings. Sev- eral out of town attorneys, including Stone, of Grand Rapids, Erickson of Spooner, and Middleton, of Baudette, were in town during the day caring for cases which they have on the cal- endar. L Nine of the cases which were to have come before the grand jury have been settled by the parties pleading guilty and receiving sent- tences outside of court. This will Teddy Roosevelt w:ll receive some materially lighten the work of the { Follette After His Announce- ment Is Received. {son and with athletic finances in good support from northern Minnesota ac- | jury but it is expected that enough cordlng to the straw vote bemg tak- | cases are left to occupy their atten- Now. that he hag tion, for several days: = In their room on the lower floor, “fthe county commissioners had an- other session.today. The meeting to- ddy” was T spevial ones g lad -to-con- sider. matters left over from thie re- The -count to date shows but little gular meeting last Saturday, dealing principally with ditech bonds. Mr. Locke, of Chicago, met with the com- missioners ‘this afternoon, " but at press time it could not be' learned what arrangements had been made. The court house presented a busy seen all day being filled with attor- neys, friends of those in trouble, and possible witnesses. The grand jury atlzacted the most attention. and there appeared to be much specula- tion as to what action it would take in certain cases. Attorney General Lyndon Smith and Assistant Firemar- shall Sam Fullerton, for the state, are in the city and it was thought that their presence indicated renewed activity in the Dumas case in spite of the announcement yesterday that the case had gome over to the fall term. When court adjourned this after- noon; it was believed that the most of the immediate work would be over La Follette is running a although several him _ with g that the voter is for . him_first, At a meeting of the Socialists local it was decided that the So- They say that they have for governor, Rev. David with and their oice will be expressed in their re- lar party referendum. The vote stood as fo'lows at press ilson . . 4 a practice instead of disbanding as|pupc : tororrow and that the fi“"' :”3 planned. Db F BAATIE ps would be called within a short time. 3 b | Cummins . 1 T ; , ¢ \j| Osborne . . 1 SARNI GETS THIRTY DAYS 0 ACCEPT “NOMINATION e =05 : —— .. {Underwood ... 0 Pleads Guilty and Receives Sentences 1 F —— 4 Goraon. —Nine Cases Settled b {JLee .. 3 3 Roosevelt Replies to Seven Govern-|Eberhart .. i % “qn’ Last evening Anton Sarni of Stanton 8 Blackduck, bound over to the grand Lind .. 2 jury’for malicions mischief, in hav- Lubach 2 ing thrown a stick of wood: through Ak i | Morgan: ... 2 a.large window in the T'alace hotel at | Peterson 5 s Blackduck on February 3rd, entered N T ; 3 % a plea of guilty before Judge Stanton, ‘W ANTS PEOPLE T0 RU L'E- z:lcllx{len:'le‘ B ; (1] anl;I received a sentence of 30 days in 3 0 Jail. Sarni claimed that'he wasi‘drunk at:the time. . He had, further turned over what money he had to make good his damage, and had been in jail here since February é4th. This makes nine cases where part- ies'bound over to the grand jury have entered - pleas’ of guilty within, the Necessary Tags The ouncil last mfln decided that e..dog- tax .ordinance-would be -en- tences at Stillwater, St. Cloud and ‘Ithe county jail. While this material- se ta ‘there’ are ‘still' many cases for Fits uonsiderauon. .and it ~will un-. doubtedly reguire some considerable Fal sgsélon of: the “Dealers’ Assoclation began ‘in’ ‘this: city today, with headquarters at ‘he Hollenden Hotel. ;. During the last three weeks and received sen- . nportags e Was fitime for them to complete their la-